Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-09
HOW TO BECOME PLUMP.
Ways to Acquire Symmetrical
Form and Graceful Outlines.

Form and Graceful Outlines.
1t may be safely asserted, says a
writer in the Epoch, that seven, if not
eight, of every ten young ladies would
be improved in face and figure by the
addition Of ten or fifteen pounds to
their weight. Now. in most cases
where the want of plumpness is not
the result of positive disease calling
for medical treatment, these extra
pounds-beauty pounds they might be
called because they add the finishing
touch to beauty-may be easily ac-
quired in few months by cutting out
the following hints and pasting them
on the mirror. where they will be
daily seen and needed:
The famous Mr.. Banting, who re-
duced his weight by more than fifty
pounds in one year, found that sugar
was the most fattening thing he could
eat. Hence, to increase your weight,
eat cakes, puddings, syrup, honey,
candy and pastry, always taking care
that it be crisp and digestible, for in
digestible food is the chief cause of
leanness. New England pie crust is
probably responsible for the appear
ance OF the typical gaunt Yankee.
Other fattening articles of food are
tender lamb, salmon and cells. milk
and cream, cornbread and butter, and
those vegetables which grow under
ground, and of which sugar is made
beets, turnips, etc. Boiled or baked
potatoes, mashed on the plate and
seasoned with salt or fresh butter.
make a delicious dish, rapidly fatten-
ing. Eat often and very slowly, for it
is not the quantity that is eaten, but
the amount that is thoroughly di-
gested, that nourishes the system and
rounds the bodily contour.
Bismarck's private physician, DR..
Schweringer, owes his international
reputation to his success in diminish
ing the chancellor's weight. The Sec
ret of his method is never to allow his
patient to drink with his meals, or if
he does drink, to do SO very sparingly.
Hence follows the converse rule that,
| if you covet stoutness you should
drink freely with your meals, always,
however, in such way as not to in
terfere with the digestive process.
That is, you should never drink while
you have food in your mouth, for the
food ought to be moistened by the
saliva alone. Ice water, too, should
always be avoided. 1t chills the
stomach and is the cause of three
fourths of the indigestion and conse-
quently leanness prevalent in this
country.
Mountain tourists know that ice
water never quenches the thirst, yet
We constantly spoil our water by put
ting in ice. The ice should never be
allowed to come in contact with the
water we drink, but only with the
outside of the pitcher. In this way
we avoid also the danger from mi
crobes hiding in impure ice.
Air is food as much as beef, the
only difference being that beef is
assimilated in the stomach, air in the
lung. Hence, if you wish to be plump,
become an air glutton. Breathe all
the fresh air you can get. and avoid
foul, stufy air, especially at night,
DIS YOU Woulu puIrlu ultdI. Always
breathe through the nose, and culti
vate the habit OF slowly filling your
lungs with twice az much air as you
commonly inhale, exhaling it again
slowly. This purifies the blood and
stimulates the appetite. Take fre-
quent warm baths before retiring or
cold sponge baths in the morning, fol-
lowed by brisk friction with coarse
towel
Brain rest is especially indicated in
the case OF those who object to lean
ness. Moderate brain exercise is, in
deed, essential to perfect health, but
excess should be carefully avoided.
Emotional excitement and worry are
fatal to the chances of becoming
plump and pretty. If an annoying
thought haunts you, forcible fix your
attention on something. Above all,
never allow such thoughts to torment
you after retiring, and thus to pass
disagreeably into your dreams. Eight
hours OF dreamless sleep in a we'll
ventilated room form the most
potent cosmetic known to man or
woman-the straightest road to
pluMpness and beauty.